Version 1.0.12 of the MakeHistory timeline authoring tool has just arrived from the developer. This primarily fixes a couple of bugs relating to the date/time format of events. If you’d like to know more about what you can do with MakeHistory, take a look at this earlier post: https://blog.lboro.ac.uk/elearning/?p=673 . The screenshot on the left isRead more
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Did you know… ∙ Twitter and Facebook are blocked in most parts of China by the Great Firewall of China? ∙ China has 485 million Internet users, more than any other country in the world? ∙ WeiBo.com, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, already has 195 million users (almost as many as Twitter)? ∙ Manchester BusinessRead more
Bambuser may sound like an instrument of magic from Harry Potter but it is in fact a Web 2.0 service (with associated smartphone apps) that makes it possible to broadcast over the Web live video from your phone, via 3G or wifi. In order to try it out, all you need to do is setRead more
As mentioned earlier, our Elluminate web conferencing package has been re-branded as BlackBoard Collaborate 11 and the new version has been made the default for all new Learn web conferences. The new version has the same functionality as before, but looks a little less intimidating. Users of the previous system are advised to try outRead more
In this interview, 2 student interns on the SYMBoL project talk about their experience of working collaboratively with staff to develop additional resources for second year mathematics modules. In particular, they talk about how they went about identifying where additional resources would be useful, and how they used Camtasia to create narrated screen recordings.Read more
In this video clip, Michel Cornette, a senior tutor on the University Wide Language Programme, talks about how he made use of the ‘Upload a File Assignment Activity’ in Learn / Moodle with his English class for French-speakers. As he explains, what he was looking for was a mechanism for managing the process of studentsRead more